National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sportist Svoge or Septemvri Sofia that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a B PFG game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Hebar 1918. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Sportist Svoge form and stats
Sportist Svoge participated in Bulgarian Cup the last season, where they reached the 16th finals.All-inclusive B PFG stats at home this season for Sportist Svoge are 0-1-4 (wins-draws-losses). Sportist Svoge are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadion Chavdar Tsvetkov with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Septemvri Simitli match.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 200 minutes without scoring a league goal. B. Stoychev Hristov was the last player to find the net.
Sportist lost their last game at Etar after a 0-4 scoreline. As you see from the result above, Sportist suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
In the match before that, Sportist Svoge hosted FK Minyor Pernik and drew the B PFG game 0-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Sportist, as the B PFG home game vs Sozopol is only four days away.
Sportist has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: 2 goals from 5 games. Sportist have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Septemvri Sofia form and stats
They also participated in Bulgarian Cup last season. This ended in the 16th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their B PFG travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
There might be some fixture complaints from Septemvri as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the B PFG match against Hebar 1918 (0-1). Late heartbreak for Septemvri in the Hebar 1918 match, as the deciding 0-1 goal came deep into overtime.
That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Ludogorets II in the B PFG.A quick return to home after this game, as Septemvri Sofia are hosting Septemvri Simitli in the B PFG only four days away.
Septemvri Sofia have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (4 so far).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: three - zero - one (Sportist wins - draws - Septemvri Sofia wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Ilievski 3 goals | V. Uzunov 3 goals | M. Hristov Achkov 2 goals |
Sportist Svoge missing players
Septemvri Sofia missing players
| Sportist Svoge | Septemvri Sofia | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 23 | 10 | Scored | S | 24 | 51 | ||
| 28 | 13 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 31% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 46% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 23% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 40% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hebar 1918 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 2 | Etar | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 22 |
| 3 | FK Minyor Pernik | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Spartak Varna | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Strumska slava | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Septemvri Sofia | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | Maritsa Plovdiv | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Ludogorets II | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Sozopol | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | Montana | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Septemvri Simitli | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Marek | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Botev Plovdiv II | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Sportist Svoge | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 10 |
| 15 | CSKA 1948 Sofia II | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Lovech | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 17 | Dobrudzha 1919 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Yantra 1919 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
| 19 | Neftohimik | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -16 | 5 |
| 20 | Levski Lom | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -11 | 4 |